Israeli ambassador to Netherlands: Parody of the winning song at Eurovision is - ANTISEMISM! (VIDEO)

It seems that today any criticism of Israel, even through humor, is declared anti-Semitism

The Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands filed a formal appeal against the version of the Israeli winning song at Eurovision. The parody of the song included references to Israeli violence in Gaza, for which Israeli officials say it is promoting anti-Semitism. Israel's Ambassador to the Netherlands, Aviv Shir-On, gave a protest letter to BNNVARA, a public broadcaster who broadcasted the show, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Jewish Community in the country.

The show called "Samme Wallis de Vries Show" created a parody on the Eurovision Song Contest, and comedian Martina Sandifort cast her singer Neta Barzilai. The text of the women's anthem "Toy" has been changed into something politically significant: "World leaders are eating from my hand ... we are organizing a party, are you coming? Later, in the al-Aqsa mosque, which will soon be empty. "The Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the most sacred sites of Islam, located in the part of Jerusalem for which Israel claims to be their property.
The video also shows footage of protesters and wounded Palestinians, as well as a reference to the US embassy that opened on the 70th anniversary of Israel, in which comedian Sandifort sings, "Palestinians are not invited to her party." Instead of the word "I'm not your toy", the comic version replaced it with "Look how beautiful these rockets look like". On the opening day of the embassy on May 14, almost 60 Palestinian protesters were killed at the border.

In a letter, the Israeli ambassador said that while freedom of speech, press and satire is important for Israel, but that the show went "too far." The Israelis "do not rejoice when the Palestinians are killed," the letter said. "When people are starving, it does not matter which side we are, we must not. You would not, either! "The letter also stated that it was" wrong and disgraceful "to display" sad and depressing "videos in the background. "It was not just an attack on Israel, but, unfortunately, it contained some anti-Semitic indications such as ridiculing food kosher or reminding money related to money in an old anti-Jewish way," the ambassador pointed out.

The public television of BNNVARA, which emulated this video, published a statement defending the show and saying it was not an "attack against the Jewish community". They explained that the program's sense of the show is to discuss weekly events in a satirical way and say: "Israel's last week's victory song coincided with the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Parody challenges the Israeli policy and does not accuse the Jewish community. "

Watch the video parody on the Eurovision Song Contest:

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• 23 May, 2018
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